Founder, with his father of W.H. Hoover Company, which made saddles until 1908.  Company name changed to Electric Suction Sweeper Company, making the first successful vacuum cleaners. In 1922 it was renamed the Hoover Company. (bio by: Ginny M)  Family links:  Parents:  William Henry Hoover (1849 – 1932)  Susan Troxel Hoover (1846 – 1925)  Spouse:  Grace Louise Steele Hoover (1882 – 1949)*  Children:  Polly Louise Hoover Connelly (1906 – 1987)*  Jane Hoover Hill (1912 – 1991)*  Siblings:  Mary Catharine Hoover Price (1873 – 1966)*  Carrie Troxel Hoover Berkey (1875 – 1906)*  Herbert William Hoover (1877 – 1954)  Alice Hoover (1879 – 1884)*  Frank Garfield Hoover (1883 – 1954)*  Daniel Peter Hoover (1886 – 1933)* *Calculated relationship